NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) Examination Papers 2011
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| Subject | Examination Paper | Marking guidelines (what are these?) and sample answers (what are these?) | Notes from the Marking Centre |
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| Aboriginal Studies |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Agriculture |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Ancient History |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Arabic Beginners |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Arabic Continuers |
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| Arabic Extension |
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| Armenian Continuers |
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| Automotive |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Biology |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Business Services |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Business Studies |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Chemistry |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Chinese Background Speakers |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Chinese Beginners |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Chinese Continuers |
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| Chinese Extension |
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| Classical Greek Continuers |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Classical Greek Extension |
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| Classical Hebrew Continuers |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Classical Hebrew Extension |
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| Community and Family Studies |
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| Construction |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Croatian Continuers |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Dance |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Design and Technology |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Drama |
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| Dutch Continuers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.vcaa.vic.edu.au |
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| Earth and Environmental Science |
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| Economics |
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| Electrotechnology |
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| Engineering Studies |
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| English (Standard) | Notes from the Marking Centre | ||
| English (Advanced) | |||
| English (ESL) | Notes from the Marking Centre | ||
| English Extension 1 |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| English Extension 2 | NO EXAM PAPER | Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Entertainment Industry |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Filipino Continuers |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Food Technology |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| French Beginners |
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| French Continuers |
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| French Extension |
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| General Mathematics |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Geography |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| German Beginners |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| German Continuers |
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| German Extension |
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| Hindi Continuers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.vcaa.vic.edu.au |
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| History Extension |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Hospitality |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Hungarian Continuers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.sace.sa.edu.au |
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| Indonesian Background Speakers |
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| Indonesian Beginners |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Indonesian Continuers |
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| Indonesian Extension |
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| Industrial Technology – Automotive Technologies |
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| Industrial Technology – Electronics Technologies |
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| Industrial Technology – Graphics Technologies |
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| Industrial Technology – Metal and Engineering Industries |
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| Industrial Technology – Multimedia Technologies |
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| Industrial Technology – Timber Products and Furniture Technologies |
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| Information Processes and Technology |
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| Information Technology |
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| Italian Beginners |
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| Italian Continuers |
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| Italian Extension |
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| Japanese Background Speakers |
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| Japanese Beginners |
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| Japanese Continuers |
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| Japanese Extension |
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| Khmer Continuers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.sace.sa.edu.au |
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| Korean Background Speakers |
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| Korean Continuers |
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| Latin Continuers |
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| Latin Extension |
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| Legal Studies |
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| Macedonian Continuers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.vcaa.vic.edu.au |
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| Malay Background Speakers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.sace.sa.edu.au |
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| Maltese Continuers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.vcaa.vic.edu.au |
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| Mathematics |
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Notes from the Marking Centre (PDF) | |
| Mathematics Extension 1 |
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Notes from the Marking Centre (PDF) | |
| Mathematics Extension 2 |
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Notes from the Marking Centre (PDF) | |
| Mathematics (General) | See General Mathematics | ||
| Metal and Engineering |
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| Modern Greek Beginners |
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| Modern Greek Continuers |
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| Modern Greek Extension |
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| Modern Hebrew Continuers |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Modern History |
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| Music 1 |
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| Music 2 |
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| Persian Background Speakers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.sace.sa.edu.au |
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| Personal Development, Health and Physical Education |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Physics |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Polish Continuers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.sace.sa.edu.au |
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| Portuguese Continuers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.vcaa.vic.edu.au |
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| Primary Industries |
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| Retail Services |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Russian Background Speakers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.sace.sa.edu.au |
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| Senior Science |
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| Serbian Continuers |
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| Society and Culture |
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| Software Design and Development |
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| Spanish Beginners |
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| Spanish Continuers |
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| Spanish Extension |
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| Studies of Religion I |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Studies of Religion II |
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| Swedish Continuers |
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Notes from the Marking Centre | |
| Tamil Continuers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.vcaa.vic.edu.au |
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| Textiles and Design |
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| Tourism and Events |
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| Turkish Continuers | The following HSC Examination paper is not available on this website but may be located on the website listed below. Please note the following link will take you outside the Board of Studies NSW website to a website not maintained by the Board of Studies NSW. www.vcaa.vic.edu.au |
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| Ukrainian Continuers |
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| Vietnamese Continuers |
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| Visual Arts |
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Marking guidelines
Marking guidelines are developed by the examination committee, and are used at the marking centre in marking student responses. For each question, the marking guidelines are contained in a table showing the criteria associated with each mark or mark range. The information in the marking guidelines is further supplemented as required by the Supervisor of Marking and the senior markers at the marking centre.
A copy of the Mapping Grid, which maps each question in the examination to course outcomes and content as detailed in the syllabus, is also included.
Sample Answers
For some examinations (and some questions), the examination committee develops ‘Sample Answers’ or ‘Answers may include’. The committee does this:
- as part of the development of the examination paper to ensure that the questions will effectively assess students’ knowledge and skills, and
- in order to provide some advice to the Supervisor of Marking about the nature and scope of the responses expected of students.
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